Hair-restorer



7 UNITED STATES THEODORE E. SILVERA, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

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T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THEODORE E. SILVERA, a citizen of the United States, residing at 808 Mountain street, Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Hair-Restorer,of which the following is a specification. V

My invention .relates to hair restorers'and has for its main purpose to make cocoanut oil available, improving its quality for the purpose and securing a restorer of a simple composition, to manufacture at a low cost, free from dangerous ingredients.

Further purposes will appear in the specification and in the claims. 7

My invention relates to the methods of manufacture as Well as the products secured. 1

Though I have preferred to illustrate my invention by but one method of manufacture, I have recognized that changes there from may be made in various particulars as will be obvious to those skilled in the art and without departing from the spirit and scope of my claims.

I make my hair restorer from the meat of the cocoanut, preferring to reject the liquor of the nut and to select well dried nuts and to avoid those which are strong" or in the least rancid.

In order to facilitate the extraction of the oil from the meat, I grind the latter up and wash it with hot Water. The exact temperature of the Water is not material, good results being obtainable throughout a wide range. I use water at a temperature of about 180 F. v

The combined cocoanut oil and Water thus obtained is drained off and strained through cloth.

As the water is heavier than the oil it settles to the bottom having the oil floating upon the surface of the Water. i y In the subsequent separation ofthe oil from the water the natural and obvious way would be either to decant the lighter oil from the heavier water before cooling or to allow the fluids to cool and remove therather viscous oil from the surface. s In either event the product would be greatly inferior for my purposes and incapable of producing the results secured by me.

I find that the product is very much improved for hair restoring purposes by heating the oil to the temperature approximately Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed August 14, 1920.

Serial No. 403,505.

of boiling water and maintaining it at this temperature while the fatty acids are liberated in whole or in part and while the conpoints are stituents having low vaporizing driven off.

The simplest, most, convenient, reliable and inevery. way the best method of .accomplishing this which I have found has been by boiling out the water from beneath the oil; which maintains the temperature for a time which may be very nicely gaged, stirs the oil by the bubbling of the steam through it and in proportion to the quantity of water present and the condition of the fire, treats the oil by these bubbles at a temperature suitable for combination of the steam with the oil to change the character of the oil, hydrolyzing it, liberating fatty acids and driving off separable constituents having a low vaporizing point. hen the water has been evaporated a decided custard-like precipitate appears which must be strained out.

The resulting product is oily and colorless when at summer temperatures and when cooleda nearly white opaque salve in the form of a paste having a consistency nearly that of Vaseline and having a flashing point about six degrees higher than that of the original oil. It still has a distinct cocoanut odor, is so free from injurious matter that it can be eaten without danger, iseasily assimilated and has remarkable capacity for invigorating the scalp and causing hair to grow upon uncultivated and seemingl arid scalp areas. g f

It is quite desirable to avoid burning this product. The easiest way to avoid this is to stop the operation at or very soon after the last water has been evaporated. about a pint of hot water for half a dozen cocoanuts but this can evidently be increased within reasonable limits unless it be desired to. shorten the process so as not to wholly change the oil. The product is decanted to free first from the greater part of the pre cipitate.

The decanted liquid is then strained thoroughly, not only to free from any matter in suspension, but to improve the color. Additionally straining within reasonable limits, makes the product much lighter in color than it would be otherwise.

To improve the salability of the product, a few drops of perfume may be put in, the quantity depending upon the judgment of Patented May is, 1921.

Both the salve and the shampoo are ad-U vantageous in treating dandrufl, softening the dandruff and restoring the healthy condition of the scalp.

Having thus described my invention, what i I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. A cocoanut oil salve comprising when cooled below summer temperature, a viscous, opaque paste low in oils volatile at the temperature of boiling water.

2. A cocoanut oil salve comprising when cooled below summer temperature, a viscous,

opaque paste and having the fatty acids liberated.

3. A cocoanut oil salve comprising when cooled below summer temperature, a viscous, opaque paste, having the fatty acids liberated and low in oils volatile at the temperature of boiling water.

4. The method of forming a hair restorer, from the heat of the cocoanut which consists in finely dividing the cocoanut meat, treating it with hot water to extract the oil and boiling the water of the product thus obtained through the oil.

5. The method of making a hair tonic from the heat of the cocoanut which consists in finely dividing the meat, treating it with hot water, straining the heated mixture of cocoanut oil and water obtained, boilin the water, maintaining the temperature 0? the product not much above the boiling point of water, decanting the liquor, straining the liquorand allowing to cool,

THEODORE E. SILVERA. 

